Penholder.



EDWARD E. BLAKESLEE, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

PENHOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 26, 1905.

Application filed April 12,1905. Serial No. 256.194.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD E. BLAKES- LEE, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing in the borough of Brooklyn, city of New York, county ofKings, and State of New York, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Penholders, of which the following is a specification.

My invention refers to a novel construction in penholders; and theobjects of my invention are to provide means for readily and securelyinserting a tenon for supporting the pen within the main body or handleof the older and for firmly holding the pen in the holder irrespectiveof variations in the thicknesses of the shanks of different pens; also,to provide a suitable rest for the fingers of the writer, so as toprevent slipping of the same along the holder. j

In the accompanying drawings, wherein like figures of reference refer tocorresponding parts, Figure 1 illustrates a longitudinal section of theforward portion of a penholder constructed according to my invention,while Fig. 2 is a side view thereof, and Fig. 3 a section along line 3 3in Fig. 1.

10 is the handle or main body of the penholder, consisting of the stem11, which may either be cylindrical or tapering, and the head 12 ,whichis made tapering forward and out ward from shoulder 13 to shoulder 14and is made tapering forward and inward from shoulder 14 to shoulder 15.

16 is a socket within the forward portion of head 12.

17 is a tenon which maybe provided with aslot 18 inusual mannerand issecured within said socket so as to furnish a support for the on afterthe same has been inserted in the older.

19 is a strip of thin spring-steel provided at its end with points 2020, which strip is attached to the inner end of said tenon by means of apin 21. The distance between points 20 20 slightly exceeds the diameterof socket 16. As the tenon is being inserted into the socket said pointswill temporarily become slightly deflected forward, so as to allow strip19 to pass to the bottom of socket 16; but they will resist any effortto again withdraw the tenon from such position, as they will then have atendency to straighten out and will firmly engage with the side walls ofthe socket. I thus not only rovide very simple and cheap means for attacing a tenon to the penholder, but I also am enabled to use a very shortand simple tenon inserted in a comparatively shallow socket, as I do nothave to provide a shank on said tenon for gluing the same to the holder.Further, by so flexibly securing the tenon to the holder at only twopoints I allow to its forward portion a certain amount of lateral play,whereby I am enabled to insert pens with shanks of different thicknessesinto and to firmly hold the same within the groove 22 between socket 16and tenon 17.

Theiportion of head 12 between shoulders 13 and 14 where the fingers ofthe writer rest- I cover with an inner shell 23, made of sheet metal,preferably roughened or provided with small projections 23 on its outersurface and with an outer shell 24, which should preferably also be madeof sheet metal, but which may be provided with a smooth outer surfaceand which may-be of different color and provided with a series ofperforations, as 25, whereby I not only obtain an effect pleasing to theeye, but also and particularly secure for the fingers of the writer afirm and reliable support, particularly on the projections 23,which comeopposite periorations 25 and on the edges of said perforations, thuspreventing sliding ofthe fingers, the straight outward slope given tothis part of the penholder permitting of the use of straight conicaltubes 23 and 24, which can be readily attached and detached and whichwhile furnishing particularly suitable finger rests also guard againstink reaching the fingers. Shells 23 and 24 may be secured to head 12bynicks 26.

The forward ends of head 12 and of tenon 17 are made to terminate inconical surfaces, as 27 and 28, which preferably should be continuous,except where interrupted by slot 22. The advantage of this arrangementis the great facility with which a pen, as 29, may be inserted in theholder without even looking at the holder, as in order to place it in aproper position at the forward end of slot 22 ready for insertion, asindicated in Fig. 1, it is only necessary to slide the rear end of thetang of said pen along one of said surfaces 27 and 28 toward slot 22until it is arrested by said slot. The use of surface 27 is particularlyadvantageous in that respect, as the forward end 30 of the straightportion of tenon 17 will readily arrest the end of said tang after thelatter leaves surface 27.

I do not wish to confine myself to the details and detail combinationsherein set forth and to the use of the materials mentioned as preferablyentering into my improved con- IIO struction, as it will readily be seenthat these features might be varied materially without departing fromthe spirit of my invention.

I claim 1. In a penholder the combination with its handle provided witha socket, of a tenon, an elastic strip for flexibly securing said tenonwithin said socket, and apin for attaching said securing-strip to saidtenon. I

2. In a penholder, the combination with its handle provid ed'with asocket, or a tenon, and a securing-strip provided with projectionsextending laterally irom said tenon and placed across the end of saidtenon and held in engagement with the walls of said socket.

3. In a penholder, the combination with its handle provided with asocket, of a tenon, a strip of metal provided with pointed ends, andmeans for detachably securing said strip to said tenon, said stripextending therefrom laterally and being held in engagement with thewalls of said socket,

4. In a penholder, the combination with its handle and an inner supportfor the pen, of a perforated metal tube tapering forward and outward andplaced around the forward portion of said handle, and means for securingsaid tube to said handle.

5. In a penholder, the combination with its handle and an inner supportfor the pen,

.of a tube placed around the forward portion EDWVARD E. BLAKESLEEWitnesses:

CHAS. L. HoRAoK, HUGO R. M. MoELLER.

